Peer Gynt · 1867
Act IV, Scene 3
Translated by William and Charles Archer (1907)
Night. An encampment of Moroccan troops on the edge of the
desert. Watch-fires, with SOLDIERS resting by them.
A SLAVE.
[Enters, tearing his hair.]
Gone is the Emperor’s milk-white charger!
ANOTHER SLAVE.
[Enters, rending his garments.]
The Emperor’s sacred robes are stolen!
AN OFFICER.
[Enters.]
A hundred stripes upon the foot-soles
For all who fail to catch the robber!
[The troopers mount their horses, and gallop away in
every direction.
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Ibsen, Henrik. Peer Gynt, Act IV, Scene 3. Translated by William and Charles Archer. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/peer-gynt-archer/18/.
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Ibsen, Henrik. Peer Gynt, Act IV, Scene 3. Translated by William and Charles Archer. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/peer-gynt-archer/18/.